National GOP Stays Out Of Supreme Court Battle Over Same-Sex Marriage

[DonViejo]

WASHINGTON — In 2013, House Republicans shelled out more than $2 million in taxpayer dollars to try and save a centerpiece of the ill-fated Defense of Marriage Act from the Supreme Court.

Two years later, with the stakes higher as the Supreme Court considers whether to enshrine same-sex marriage as a constitutional right for all Americans, Republicans are notably silent and staying as far away from the upcoming case as possible.

"I don't expect that we're going to weigh in on this," Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) told reporters last week. "The Court will make its decision, and that's why they're there — to be the highest court in the land."

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) also didn't express any interest in jumping into the battle, two years after he and nine GOP senators signed a friend-of-the-court brief asking the Court to uphold DOMA.

"The Court is going to decide this issue, apparently," McConnell told reporters when asked Tuesday at his weekly Capitol press conference. "Whether or not they leave it to the states, we don't know yet. But we're looking forward to reading what they have to say."

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[LeftinOH]

1. How convenient for them; they don't have to dirty their hands

with the issue ...because local GOP will continue the battle at state levels, with ballot issues, with court cases.

[closeupready]

2. Yup, there we go. Also, they recognize that this fight wastes much of their time and money

because the overwhelming public tide with momentum is in favor of gay people.

[brooklynite]

4. ...and uses up valuable time they could waste repealing ACA and holding Benghazi hearings

[Godhumor]

3. "We'd rather spend our time, efforts and money on repealing ACA and investigating Benghazi"

Surprised that quote isn't in there somewhere.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. We live in fear of the conservatives but what have they ever won in the sweep of history?

They opposed enfranchisement for the landless, and now of course, the landless can vote.

They opposed the enfranchisement of women and now women are on the road to full enfranchisement.

They opposed the enfranchisement of African Americans and now they are on the road to full enfranchisement.


They opposed the enfranchisement of glbtq folks and now they are on the way to full enfranchisement.


And do you know what's ironic ? In the fullness of time they say they never opposed their franchisement in the first place.